CAM 



officlna, a workshop, a laboratory, 

 ojficmdrum, of workshops), a tree, 

 6rd. Lauracese, which chiefly 

 produces the camphor of the 

 shops, a native of China, Japan, 

 and Cochin- China, obtained from 

 the wood by distillation and 

 sublimation: camphorated, a., 

 Icdm'f&r-dt'Zd, impregnated with 

 camphor. 



camptotropal, a., Mmp-tdt'-rdp-al 

 (Gr. kamptos, flexible, bent; 

 tropoSy a turn from trepo, I 

 turn), in bot., having curved 

 ovules when the portions on 

 either side of the line of curvation 

 are equal. 



campulitropal, see ' campylot- 

 ropal. ' 



campylospermse, n. plu., kdmp' 

 il-d-sperm'e (Gr. Jcampulos, bent, 

 curved; sperma, seed), seeds 

 with the albumen curved at the 

 margins so as to form a longitud- 

 inal furrow : camp'ylosperm'ous, 

 a., -sperm'us, having the albumen 

 of the seed curved at the margin, 

 thus forming a longitudinal 

 furrow. 



campylotropal, a., Jtttmp'U'tit'' 

 rdp-al, also camp'ylot'ropous, a., 

 -rSp'US (Gr. kampulos, bent, 

 curved; tropos, a turn), in bot., 

 having a curved ovule when the 

 portions on either side of the 

 curvation are unequal ; having a 

 curved ovule, with the hilum, 

 micropyle, and chalaza near each 

 other. 



canaliculus, n., TcdMlW-ttt-tte,. 

 canaliculi, n. plu., -ikf-ul-i (L. 

 candliculus, a water channel 

 from candlis, a pipe, a channel), 

 a term applied to the minute 

 canals of bone, and to the pas- 

 sages which carry away the 

 tears: canaliculate, a., Jctin'-al- 

 W-ul'dt, channelled ; having lon- 

 gitudinal grooves or furrows. 

 canalis, n., kdn-dl'-is (L. candlis, 

 a pipe), a small duct or canal in 

 the human frame for the trans- 

 mission of nerves, arteries, etc., 



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which have received names from 

 their discoverers, as the canals of 

 Fontana, Gartner, Havers, Nuck, 

 Hunter, Petit, Sylvius, etc. , while 

 others are so called from their 

 position, as the following: 

 Canalis centralis modioli, s$nt 

 rdl-is modf-l'Ol'l (L. cenlralis, 

 central, middle; mddwli, of the 

 nave of a wheel), the central 

 canal of the modiolus ; in the 

 ear, one of the many small 

 canals of the modiolus, larger 

 than the rest, running from the 

 base to the centre : Canalis 

 membranacea, mem'bran-ds'e'd 

 (L. membrdndcetis, belonging to 

 skin or membrane), the mem- 

 branous canal of the ear : C. 

 reunions, r&un'-i-enz (L. re, 

 again ; uniens, uniting), a small 

 duct of the ear rendering the 

 cavity of the canalis continuous 

 with that of the saccule : C. 

 spiralis modioli, splr-dV-is (L. 

 spirdlis, coiled, twisted from 

 spira, a coil, a twist), the spiral 

 canal of the modiolus ; a small 

 canal of the ear which winds 

 around the modiolus : C. arteriosus, 

 drt'erlt-ozf-us (L. arteriosus, pert, 

 to an artery from arteria, an 

 artery), the arterial canal : C. 

 venosus, veri'dz'us (L. venosus, 

 full of veins from vena, a vein), 

 the venous canal; see 'Ductus 

 arteriosus. ' 



cancelli, n. plu., Icfoi-s&ttll (L. 

 cancelli, a lattice, a grating), the 

 lattice-like texture of the internal 

 bone : cancellate, a., kan'Sel'ldt, 

 having an appearance like lattice- 

 work ; in bot., composed of veins 

 alone, or of lattice-like cells : 

 cancellous, a.,. Ican-s&l'-lus, pert, 

 to the net-like tissue, or lattice- 

 work of the inner bone. 

 cancrum oris, hank'-rum or'is (L. 

 cancrum, a cancer from cancer, 

 a crab ; os, a mouth, oris, of a 

 mouth), a very rare but danger- 

 ous form of gangrenous stomatitis, 

 usually commencing in the cheek, 



